Initiative Radio Salutes Ralph McDaniels

Don’t miss this historic as we salute and celebrate one of the most important people in the history of Hip-Hop – BHF host, Bodega mentor and inspiration Uncle Ralph McDaniels.

Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie Salutes Black History Maker Ralph McDaniels
Hosted by our own Wes Jackson

Friday February 19th
9pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
NYC

With: Homeboy Sandman, Children Of The Night, Prophit, Eric Sosa and more

For more info email amck83@hotmail.com
Or visit the Angela’s site

Still need some something to whet your appetite and make you go to the event? Then check this out: Angela McKenzie re-airs portions of her exclusive interview with Ralph MaDaniels along with commentary from a new generation of Hip-Hop artists and entrepreneurs; an interview with Kool DJ Red Alert, the man who bestowed the moniker Uncle Ralph upon McDaniels early in his career and shout-outs from other music industry insiders, including Wes Jackson. Take a listen and get on out to BPC on Friday.

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Bodega Radio – Jan 22nd

TODAY on Bodega Radio

Friday, January 22nd, 1-4PM EST on www.pncradio.fm

*DONUTS ARE FOREVER

We sit down with Dee Phunk from Rare Form to talk about the upcoming Dilla tribute party – Donuts Are Forever

*Salute Uncle Ralph

Angela McKenzie comes to DUMBO to talk about her Black History Month Tribute to Uncle Ralph McDaniels

*FELA

Special mix from Bodega Fam DJ NessDigi. Ness will be rocking the best from the original Black President. Get your Afro Beat and Funk on this afternoon.

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Brooklyn Bodega Radio Hosted by Bodega Prez, Wes Jackson

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Brooklyn Bodega Radio Fridays 1-4pm EST on www.pncradio.fm

Bodega Approved – Jan 22nd

Wes and Special Ed backstage at Southpaw

Bodega Honcho chops it up with Special Ed after his show at Southpaw on Dec 10th, 2009

Video From the November 6th Industry Insider Show……

Wes and Nikon do some phone interviews. As we say “This isn’t Hot 97″ – and you might not be listening if it was.

Bodega Radio Friday 11/6

This Week on Brooklyn Bodega Radio

“THE INDUSTRY FROM THE INSIDE OUT”

Our host Wes Jackson sits down with Dru Ha, Founder of Duck Down Records; Alma Geddy-Romero, Director of Marketing at Decon and former Executive Director of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival; and Ian Steaman of Notes From A Different Kitchen and former A&R at Tommy Boy Records.

Friday 1-4pm on www.pncradio.fm with Wes Jack, Brooklyn Bodega Head Honcho

You can also find us on the PNC Radio channel on iTunes

email your thoughts to radio@brooklynbodega.com and tweet us @brooklynbodega to join the conversation

Video from Bodega Radio 10/30/09

Better late then never right? Our last video from the show last week:

Wes, D, IheartDilla and the rest of the panel. from Brooklyn Bodega on Vimeo.

Video From Bodega Radio 10/30

You can hear them on the radio but if you feel like putting a face with aname, here’s some video from our Live Bands in Hip-Hop debate.

Panel Discussion Part 2 from Brooklyn Bodega on Vimeo.

Panel Discussion Part 3 from Brooklyn Bodega on Vimeo.

Friday on Brooklyn Bodega Radio – Live Bands in Hip-Hop. Why?

This Friday 1-4pm on www.pncradio.fm
Brooklyn Bodega Radio with your host Wes Jackson

The topic for this week is Live Bands in Hip-Hop. Why?

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We talked about this briefly during the Hip-Hop Honors recap in discussing the debacle that was Onyx’s performance.
They performed ‘Slam’ with the live band that was disjointed and incohesive.
It lead me to ask the question – ‘Why did they do that?’ ‘Have they ever performed with a band before?’ and the question I have been asking ever since it became in vogue, post Roots, to replace your DJ with a band – ‘When did two turntables and a mic become so in adequate?’

Thesis:

Hip-Hop is at its roots electronic music. From the earliest days of Kool Herc, Hip-Hop has used technology as its creative foundation.
Vinyl, turntables, drum machines, samplers, SSL boards. Not guitars, drums, and bass.
There is a big difference sonically and conceptually between sampling 3 seconds of James Brown and having the JB’s actually play behind you.

The electronic transfer of the vinyl through an SP 1200 gives you a fundamentally different sound than the actual horn and rhythm section.
Replacing the analog with the digital (the band for the DJ) will yield the same bizarre results as replacing the digital for the analog.
Imagine James Brown without a band but rather with a DJ.

Hip-Hop business has always been about finding the shortest route to success. Our history shows that every so often a trailblazer discovers a new formula for success. That causes a gold rush of copycats. You can see this from the Hip-Hop’s first hit “Rapper’s Delight” where Big Bank Hank stole Grandmaster Caz’s rhyme and style. Think of all the EPMD, Nas, Das Efx, ATCQ, De La, NWA, Jay Z, Scarface, Wayne, Mos Def clones that populate the marketplace. The copies are rarely as sharp as the original.

Ever since The Roots hit the scene artists, promoters, managers and A&R’s alike have deduced that the ‘Roots’ model is the new path to success. From the outside it appears that all you need is Questlove to change the game. The reality that The Roots are a cohesive unit that have been together for years. The fact that Black Thought is an elite MC is lost. Too many believe that live instrumentation is the key to success; and even more arrogantly creative advancement.

This shoving of live instrumentation down the throats of audiences 1) reeks of arrogance and elitism – the idea that you are more of a musician if you play a trombone rather than an MPC, 2) diminishes Hip-Hop’s cultural routes by removing the DJ from the equation, 3) has deep soci-economic ramifications as if it progresses unchecked this thinking will create a barriers of entry for young musicians who cannot afford piano lessons or afford to attend Berklee or The New School.

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Our guests: DJ Parler, Amenan Kouadio- Talent Buyer/A&R Brooklyn Bodega, Savannah Boogie Music and Song, Meghan Stabile from Revive Da Live

Our Panelists: Jessica Estevez from iheartdilla.com, Dee Phunk, Nikon Kwantu

Brooklyn Bodega 2009 CMJ Showcase

The lineup is set:

Pac Div
Big Sean
Jesse Boykins III
Diamond District
Those Chosen
Kimberly Nichole
DJ Parler
Hosted by Wes Jackson

Oct 21st
DROM
85 Ave A (bet 5th and 6th)
$10
6-10pm

the best new talent from The Stuy to The ‘D’ to the sunny shores of California

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